COMMENT: We live in a troubled world and that doesn't look like changing anytime soon.

The cruise missiles struck, and many in the mainstream media fawned.

Here are seven key points for understanding this dramatic shift in policy.

White House power players Jared Kushner and Stephen Bannon have clashed in previous weeks.

Syria's First Lady Asma al-Assad has weighed in on the US air strikes.

COMMENT: The most pressing question from here is what happens next in the short term.

Donald Trump has now put a flag in the ground on military intervention, says a Kiwi expert

Trump is reportedly considering military action over horror chemical attack.

COMMENT: It was even better getting a kiwi perspective on American politics.

Show more zeal in reports of Obama officials spying, White House has called.

UAE set up secret meeting to establish back-channel line of communication, say officials.

COMMENT: New Zealand will find opportunities as well as risks in Trump's world.

Chris Liddell, a Kiwi picked to work for President Trump, makes the White House rich list.

War with North Korea would bring 'an intensity of violence' not seen in decades.

COMMENT: Dishonesty and lack of detail are rotting the core of Trump's agenda.

The Los Angeles Times has launched an extraordinary attack on US President Donald Trump.

US will take unilateral action to eliminate the nuclear threat if China does not help.

EDITORIAL: Britain is obviously entering the Brexit negotiations with a weak hand.

The standoff between Trump and green groups just boiled into war.

Mammoth task is ahead converting thousands of EU laws into British codes.

Coronial inquest opened into deaths of four people killed in Westminster terror attack.

Divorces can be messy - and drawn out. Don't expect Brexit to be any different.

The effort to keep Yates from testifying has further angered Democrats.

UK PM Theresa May's Article 50 letter to the European Council will be hand delivered.

Less than 72 hours before he was fatally shot, Denis gave one of his final interviews.

US president under pressure to force WhatsApp to hand over vital evidence on the attack.

Democrats are to blame for proposed healthcare bill's failure, Trump tells reporter.

Republican leaders abruptly pull troubled health care bill to avoid humiliating defeat.

A senior US politician is growing sharper in her criticism.

Trump jnr hits out at London mayor in the aftermath of the terror on Westminster Bridge.